Talbott v. Suit
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit • Court for Prince George’s County. George W. Talbott and Henry O. McCauley, trading as Talbott and McCauley, brought an action against Samuel T. Suit to recover the sum of nineteen hundred and fifty-one dollars and three cents, with certain arrears of interest.
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Appeal from the Circuit • Court for Prince George’s County. George W. Talbott and Henry O. McCauley, trading as Talbott and McCauley, brought an action against Samuel T. Suit to recover the sum of nineteen hundred and fifty-one dollars and three cents, with certain arrears of interest. The declaration contained the common counts, and also a count stating that one James L. Brown, on the twelfth of August, 1875, .by his single bill, now overdue, promised to pay to the order of the defendant, nineteen hundred and fifty-one dollars and three cents, five years and eight months after date, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Bryan, J.,
after stating the case as above, delivered the-opinion of the Court.
The bankrupt law is set, forth in the Bevised Code of the United States. By sec. 5119 of this Code it is provided that, subject to certain limitations which are not now im *446question, a discharge in bankruptcy shall release the bankrupt from all debts, claims, liabilities and demands which were or might have been proved against his estate in bankruptcy. A creditor whose name 'is omitted from the schedule may, nevertheless, prove his debt and is, therefore, barred by the discharge. This question has been so ruled in a…
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